Task Force on Inclusion & Bias Resources
Continuing education is needed for each of us to fully understand the history of systemic racism in the United States and its deep impact on areas including education, banking, criminal justice, housing and healthcare. In May 2020, Khalilah Gates, MD, presented on Bias and Inclusion in the Curriculum to Phase 1 module leaders. The presentation is uploaded to Panopto for those faculty with access.
Additional readings are listed below. Find definitions for the terminology you'll encounter throughout these resources.
Understanding and Moving Beyond Bias and Microaggressions
- Examples of Microaggression
- TIME Podcast Archive
- Addressing Microaggressions in Academic Health: A Workshop for Inclusive Excellence
- Feinberg Student Affinity Groups
- Feinberg Safe Space Program
An initiative to educate allies, advancing Feinberg’s goal of creating an inclusive community in which everyone is treated with respect and dignity - CHET June 2020 newsletter
Feinberg's Center for Health Equity Transformation has compiled a extensive list of anti-racism resources - Tips for Creating an Inclusive Clinical Environement
Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center offers a starting point for learning about racism, anti-racism, health disparities and the intersection of health, healthcare and race - Setting Expectations & Tips for Small Groups
This tip sheet was developed by Feinberg students to provide guidance on conducting inclusive small group sessions; faculty and students should review it together during their first small group meeting
Disability Advocacy
- Disability Language Style Guide
- Web Accessibility Guidelines
- Student Accommodations
- Seven Ways to be More Inclusive of People with Disabilities
Clinical Partner Community Reports
The reports below from our partners are used to identify prevalent health needs among residents across all socioeconomic groups, races and ethnicities.
Related Articles & Publications
- Can a Checklist Ameliorate Implicit Bias in Medical Education?
A brief report about using a checklist to ameliorate bias in the curriculum at SUNY Upstate; the report includes excellent checklist (available as online RedCap survey or as downloadable pdf) with good examples - Addressing Race, Culture, and Structural Inequality in Medical Education: A Guide for Revising Teaching Cases
This guide to assessing bias, applied to Aquifer cases, includes “Race and Culture Guide for Editors of Teaching Cases”; the full guide is available as a supplemental digital appendix - Race Matters? Examining and Rethinking Race Portrayal in Preclinical Medical Education
Medical students at Brown University analyzed M1 and M2 lectures and found that when race was mentioned in lecture it nearly always suggested biological risk - Guidelines for Promoting a Bias-Free Curriculum
Medical students at Columbia University, inspired by Tsai paper from Brown, developed these guidelines (also discussed in Letters to the Editor in Acad Med) - How Clinicians and Educators Can Mitigate Implicit Bias in Patient Care and Candidate Selection in Medical Education
- Proceedings of the Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Forum: Unconscious Bias in Academic Medicine
- Simple Strategies for Combating Microaggressions in the Workplace
- Dorothy Roberts: The Problem with Race-Based Medicine
- Walden University: Scholarly Voice: Avoiding Bias
- Changing How Race Is Portrayed in Medical Education: Recommendations from Medical Students
- Institute for Healing & Justice in Medicine
- Setting Expectations & Tips for All in Small Groups
This document has been modified from the Guide for Inclusive Teaching at Columbia University